Andrew Liveris

Chairman, president and chief executive officer, Dow Chemical Co.

Andrew N. Liveris is President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Dow Chemical Company, a $58 billion global chemical, plastics and agrosciences company based in Midland, Michigan.

Liveris' 32-year Dow career has spanned manufacturing, engineering, sales, marketing, and business and general management. He has spent the bulk of his career in Asia, where he was general manager for the company's operations in Thailand, and later head of all Asia-Pacific operations. He began his Dow career in 1976 in Australia.

He has been a member of Dow's Board of Directors since February 2004 and was elected as Chairman of the Board effective April 1, 2006.

Liveris was born in Darwin, Australia and later lived in Brisbane, where he attended the University of Queensland, graduating with a bachelor's degree (first-class honors) in Chemical Engineering. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in science by his alma mater as well as being named Alumnus of the Year for 2005. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of The Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Liveris serves on the board of directors of Citigroup, the world’s leading financial services company. He is chairman of the board of the US-China Business Council; a vice-chair of the US Business Council; a member of the United States Climate Action Partnership; and a past chairman of the American Chemistry Council and the International Council of Chemical Associations. Liveris is also a member of the following organizations: the American Australian Association, the Business Roundtable, the Detroit Economic Club, the National Petroleum Council, and the Société de Chimie Industrielle. Liveris is also a trustee of Tufts University.

Liveris resides in Midland, Michigan, where he serves on the Board of Trustees of the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation. He and his wife Paula have three children.

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